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There are some great learning and professional development events taking place in Europe during the next few weeks that you might want to consider being part of.

Upcoming.org and Yahoo unveiled several new features that combine Yahoo's social media aspirations and numerous events in Yahoo Local with Upcoming's event tracking services.

Instead of being a glad-handing poozer, using online resources like Yahoo's Upcoming.org events community can be a much more effective way to network with the people you need to know.

We're well into the summer now, halfway through the really quiet period when most of Europe goes on holiday. At least the weather's fantastic, in all senses of that word.

With the release of the newest version of Windows, Vista, coming very soon, Microsoft has been talking a lot about the new operating system. In the midst of all this discussion though, a key part of it, Internet Explorer 7 (IE7), currently in an internal beta format, surfaced on the net. Yet again, Microsoft seems to be exposed.

Over on the Yahoo! Search blog, Paul says: "In just a few years, most of it spent on nights and weekends, the Upcoming team has built an excellent site with a loyal and growing following.

The social event calendar site Upcoming.org has been purchased by Yahoo and will be incorporated into Yahoo Local.

Is Google targeting eBay and PayPal? That is exactly what people thought when news of Google's payment service was leaked. In today's Murdok, we feature a couple of stories that take a look at the possible uses and implications for Google's upcoming e-wallet.